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I like to read when I’m on vacation. Actually, I like to read all the time.
I get through many books in a year and find that I really like learning this
way. I do read fiction, but also read many non-fiction books. Here are a few books I'd suggest you consider for your summer reading list:
1) Technical Blogging: Turn Your
Expertise into a Remarkable Online Presence by Antonio
Cangiano . Improve your blogging skills if you’re already a blogger
or learn how to blog if you’re not. Antonio is an expert and lays out
everything... [More]

Have you ever been to a DB2 Symposium? They are quite different than
a normal conference since they provide 3 full days of learning. This one takes
place in Chicago from October 16-18 and provides three-days of training with
three parallel tracks. Each day there are three one day seminars presented by industry leading
consultants. You may join for 3, 2 or just 1 day(s), depending on your needs
and budget. There are nine great sessions lined up with award-winning speakers: Bonnie Baker Susan Lawson Craig Mullins Cristian Molaro... [More]

I know it seems early to start planning for a fall conference, but I’m sure
you’ll agree that time flies! Not only does it fly, but it takes time to put
together a justification proposal to attend the conference and to get it
approved. If you do it now, you still have a month to take advantage of the
early bird special. Register by
August 31 and you’ll save $300. Conference Details:
IBM Information on Demand 2012 (#ibmiod on twitter) Sunday, October 21, 2012 - Thursday, October 25, 2012
Location: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas,... [More]

I’ve blogged and tweeted about many of the recent articles that have been appearing in the IBM Data Magazine this summer, but decided that a summary of the articles would be a great idea. Dan Gibson (IBM), Multi-Temperature Data Going Global with Data Mart Consolidation, Part 1 & Part 2 Is Your Big Data Hot, Warm, or Cold? Part 1 & Part 2 Tom Deutsch (IBM), Big Data Why Log Analytics is a Great (and Awful) Place to Start with Big Data - The pros and cons of learning Hadoop using structured data How to Get Social Media... [More]

Do you ever wonder what the big brains in IBM read? You know the people who
I mean! Their names are on books, they have patents and speaking engagements,
and when they talk, you’re wowed at what they know and how they convey what they
know.
Here’s a list of what Netezza / Big Data expert Krishnan Parasuraman has been reading and recommends for others to read: 1. Analytics: The widening divide. IBM Institute of Business Value in collaboration with MIT Sloan
Management Review 2. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game . Michael... [More]

Help justify your attendance at the IBM Information on Demand Conference this
year by saving $170 per exam for any IM, BA or ECM exam. Each of these exams
are available for you to take for $30 each. That is 85% off the regular price
of $200 per exam. So, if you take 3 of the latest DB2 10 exams, you’ll save $510. You can take
each exam twice while at the conference, so if it takes you two tries per exam,
you’ll save $1020. Other IBM Certification exams are available for you to take as well, with a
50% discounted price of $100... [More]

Just released: " Unleashing DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows ", and
available for downloading in either PDF format or EPUB format for use on ebook
readers. Authors: Danny Arnold Steve Diniro Vivian Lee Stan Musker Jo-Ann Woods Abstract: This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a broad
understanding of the key features in IBM DB2® 10 and how to use these features
to get more value from business applications. It includes information about the
following features: Time Travel Query, which you use to store and retrieve... [More]

Another great IDUG conference is
about to begin. This one takes place in Sydney, Australia, 12-14
September, 2012 . There is still time to register and many reasons why you should attend. Take advantage of 46 hours of technical presentations. Attend either full day or half day Education Seminars featuring some of the
leading speakers in the DB2 community. Featuring: Susan Lawson, John Campbell,
Phil Grainger, Scott Hayes, Tony Winch, and George Baklarz. Get your free signed copy of the DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX, Windows New
Features... [More]

The DB2Night Show is back for it’s 4th season and what a great start to the
season! Join hosts Scott Hayes and Martin Hubel along with their
special guests. Scott and Martin are both IBM Champions (aka IBM’s Best
Friends). First off is two shows featuring Steve Rees who will share the ANSWERS
to many Frequently Asked DB2 LUW Performance Questions. Steve is a Performance
Specialist and is often a speaker at IDUG . Season #4 Kickoff! Date: 7 SEP 2012 Time: 11am ET
Topic: Top DB2 LUW
Performance FAQs Speaker : Steve Rees,... [More]

September is turning out to be a busy month for learning. A new DB2 Redbook , IDUG in Sydney , 2 DB2 Tech Talks,
and 3 DB2Night Show episodes !
What a great community we have for DB2. Webcast: Making
real-time operational data warehouses a reality Date: Tuesday September 11 Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm EDT Speakers: Jon Lind (presenter) and Serge Rielau (host) This DB2 Tech Talk will continue the deep dive into the major features of
the new DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and InfoSphere Warehouse 10 products.
This talk will discuss a range... [More]

One of the things that I like about going to conferences is the opportunity
to hear the great speakers who are invited to inspire and wow us. This year,
the speaker on Wednesday, October 24th in the General Session is Nate
Silver. Called a "spreadsheet psychic" and "number-crunching prodigy,"
Nate will explain how to distinguish real signals from noisy data as well as how
predictive analytics is used in politics. Immediately following this session ( Wednesday 10:15 -
11:15 ), attend the book signing we have... [More]

Funny story: The Bare Naked Ladies are from Toronto and they are a rock
band… in case you didn’t know. Before they became famous, they were booked to
play in Toronto at our City Hall for some event. The mayor of Toronto at that
time didn’t realize they were a band and made a huge stink about having nudity
at a public event. They say that no publicity is bad publicity and I think this
proves it. They became known to all in Toronto regardless if people were fans
of their music! I am a fan and was the minute I heard the song “If... [More]

One of the things that I love most about the IBM Information on Demand
Conference is the buzz on books. Every year we have a giant bookstore that
showcases all the latest books related to DB2, Analytics, Big Data, and more.
My job is to arrange to have the right set of books at the conference and to
invite authors to be available to sign copies of their books for attendees. All books purchased at the bookstore are discounted by 20% off the retail
price. Here are the featured books and authors that we have planned for this
year: ... [More]

The IBM Information on Demand Conference is a great place to promote books
that are published through out the year. In fact, quite often publishers time
the release of their books to coincide with this conference. As a result, we
are typically able to set up book signings and giveaways to help promote the
books. This year is no different. We have quite a few books that have published
already that we’ll promote as well as books launching just for the conference
and we’ll have 4 (possibly 6) new Flashbooks that we’ll be giving... [More]